- Progressive daily practice in mental addition, subtraction and multiplication to develop fluency in the fundamentals of mathematics.
- Pupils advance at their own pace, providing built-in differentiation.
- Perfect for the start of the maths lesson, though easily incorporated into all classroom routines.
- Suitable for use with pupils aged 6 to 16.
- Pupils motivated through emphasis given to beating their own scores.
- Tracking sheet to record pupils’ progress.
Twelve passages from well-known books to which students have to add punctuation. There are two versions of each passage, one which tells students what punctuation is missing (for example, 6 capital letters, 4 full stops, 3 commas etc.), one which gives the students no guidance about what is missing. The passages are all the opening lines of classic works of fiction, including The Hobbit, Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte's Webb. This is a great lesson starter, with students working in pairs to add the punctuation (it obviously helps if the students can read the passages aloud).
Two levels of comprehension questions about the Samuel Pepys diary entry for 2 September 1666 (Great Fire of London), plus extended essay question. Extract included.
Two levels of comprehension questions about the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, plus extended essay question. Copy of the poem included.
Set of six Crib Sheets to aid pupils revising for 13+ Maths exams. The Crib Sheets cover: Number; Fraction arithmetic; Fractions, Decimals and Percentages; Algebra; Perimeter, Area and Volume; and Angles and Polygons.
Two levels of comprehension questions about the poem Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth, plus extended essay question. Copy of the poem included.
Three sets of questions involving finding the heights of rectangles given the length and either the area or perimeter, or finding the length and height given the area and perimeter. It is intended that pupils answer these questions by drawing these rectangles on square paper rather than by using a formula.
Activity involving identifying symbolism in the Hemingway short story, The Old Man at the Bridge. Good introduction to symbolism in literature. Copy of the story included.
Questions introducing pupils to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with fractions and mixed numbers. Diagrams included to help support pupils' understanding.